Qualcomm has previously developed some ho-hum chips for Windows 10-based always-connected PCs. But this time it means business, with its first 7nm Snapdragon 8cx (Compute Extreme) chip for laptops that promises significantly greater performance than its predecessors. The company first introduced connected PC support with the Snapdragon 835, and last year it modded the Snapdragon 845 to build the Snapdragon 850 for Windows 10. However, the 8cx is the first chip designed specifically for PCs. The company first introduced connected PC support with the Snapdragon 835 mobile processor in 2017, and later in the year, it modded the Snapdragon 845…

Firefox running on a Qualcomm 8cx-powered PC feels surprisingly decent Qualcomm's new, purpose-built Snapdragon 8cx is the company's chance to finally power a Windows laptop worth buying. Battery life and integrated cellular connectivity (read: your laptop always has an internet connection) have always been the company's strengths, but its previous…

Qualcomm expands its PC bet with its new 7nm 8cx platform Qualcomm wants to become a major player in the PC/laptop market. Now that there is Windows 10 on ARM, that's more than a pipe dream, but in its earliest iterations, those Qualcomm-based Windows 10 laptops used the Snapdragon 850 system…